Lubed Tweezer
Arachnolord
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I got a tiny i2 H troglodytes scorpling in May 2019. Nice little critter, not the greatest appetite and barely grew in size. They are so slow to mature.
It's about 2.5cm/1inch including metasoma.
I tried feeding it pinhead crickets last year but those proved to be a bit too quick for the scorpling, a small mealworm worked better.
1 mealworm every month to keep it a happy camper, usually it takes it straight from the tweezers.
Last week it was feeding time again but this time he wasn't very interested in the mealworm, so I chose to leave it in there for the night.
Normally I always check the next day if the live food has been eaten. If not, then I remove the food and try again one week later.
But this time I screwed up !!!
For some reason I totally forgot about the mealworm that I put in there last week... Shouldn't be a big problem.... right ??
Today I looked into the enclosure, couldn't find the scorpling.
I grabbed the UV-torch and was horrified. All that was left were the two chela, the rest was gone.... even the telson!
I'm pretty amazed that the stupid mealworm outsmarted one of my scorpions, that worm nearly ate the entire scorp !
That mighty scorpion with it's 8 legs, capable chela and a dangerous stinger is now gone !
Sure we all know about their vulnerability when they're freshly molted, but that was not the case in this instance.
I thought I'd share this experience and shamefully share the story hoping that this is a warning to any other hobbyist that is raising tiny scorplings.
I underestimated that little mealworm, but won't let that happen to me again....
It's about 2.5cm/1inch including metasoma.
I tried feeding it pinhead crickets last year but those proved to be a bit too quick for the scorpling, a small mealworm worked better.
1 mealworm every month to keep it a happy camper, usually it takes it straight from the tweezers.
Last week it was feeding time again but this time he wasn't very interested in the mealworm, so I chose to leave it in there for the night.
Normally I always check the next day if the live food has been eaten. If not, then I remove the food and try again one week later.
But this time I screwed up !!!
For some reason I totally forgot about the mealworm that I put in there last week... Shouldn't be a big problem.... right ??
Today I looked into the enclosure, couldn't find the scorpling.
I grabbed the UV-torch and was horrified. All that was left were the two chela, the rest was gone.... even the telson!
I'm pretty amazed that the stupid mealworm outsmarted one of my scorpions, that worm nearly ate the entire scorp !
That mighty scorpion with it's 8 legs, capable chela and a dangerous stinger is now gone !
Sure we all know about their vulnerability when they're freshly molted, but that was not the case in this instance.
I thought I'd share this experience and shamefully share the story hoping that this is a warning to any other hobbyist that is raising tiny scorplings.
I underestimated that little mealworm, but won't let that happen to me again....